Before Buddha Was Buddha sur-offering a garland of fifty severed

a garland of fifty severed heads

Made with fine detail

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we encounter teachings from a qualified lama or instructor

urging them to accomplish welfare of beings

Before Buddha Was Buddha sur-offering a garland of fifty severedLearning from the Jataka Tales By Rafe Martin Discover how ordinary beingsa deer, a robber, a monkey, a parrot, and moremake up the past lives of the Buddha before he was Buddha. The jataka tales are ancient Buddhist stories found in both the Pali Canon and Sanskrit tradition, recounting the many past lives and ongoing spiritual work of Shakyamuni Buddha on his way to his final birth as Siddhartha Gautama. In them we find the Buddha facing